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A planning application has been submitted to Broxtowe Borough Council.

In a document submitted with the planning application, a spokesperson for the architects Oxalis Planning said: “Aero Fabrications’ start up and growth is a fantastic entrepreneurial story, which should be a source of great local pride.

“However, the company is not only locally important. It is significant on a national scale also, in terms of competing in international markets, winning business, and bringing jobs back to the UK.

“Aero Fabrications are operating at full capacity in their current mixture of rented and freehold units. [It] desperately needs additional space to accommodate current, and take on new, contracts.

“The importance of the proposed facility for Aero Fabrications’ future cannot be overstated.”

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The company, which currently has sites in Watnall and Moorgreen and employs almost 200 people, has a number of new contracts in the pipeline which would allow them to employ 30 more people.

It is also one of only a small number of UK companies to be selected to manufacture parts for “the largest military programme in history” – a fleet of F35 fighter jets for the US and UK airforces. But strict security protocols mean they will need more space for this.

The site they are looking at is currently used for arable farming next to their existing industrial units on Common Lane.

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The new facility would have an area for working with raw metal, for delivery of materials and space for bespoke machinery. There would also be a management suite with a reception, accommodation and training facilities.

The buildings would be one storey high and around 11,000msq, and would be developed in two separate phases.

At peak times the company expects to add around 60 more vehicles to the already busy road, but believes this will have “minimal” impact.